Historic Mechanical Instruments and Figures

Watch this amazing "clown illusionist" in action - the Morris Museum website (follow the link below) has sound clips and video clips of 22 historic mechanical figures and instruments from the Murtogh D. Guinness collection. You can visit a permanent collection of these (700 objects) if you live near Morristown, NJ. (I used to live near there myself, but this collection was not available at the time.) 

 LINK

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Photos of the Day: Brigitte Bardot 1953

Retronaut has 12 stunning photos of Brigitte Bardot on the beach at Cannes in 1953 (from LIFE magazine archives). These really show her personality. 

LINK

I am working on paintings with swimmers/bathers lately, so it is nice to see these. Stay tuned to this blog for another new painting of mine to be posted soon.

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Herge and Luke Davies

When author Luke Davies was a young boy he corresponded for a few years with none other than Herge himself, the creator of Tintin. Read his surprising story and see a collection of letters and drawings here:

 LINK (theage.com.au)

Luke is a fan of my art, too. Thanks, Luke!

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Wedding Waltz by Eleni Karaindrou

Just for your quiet listening pleasure today.

Rare Footage of Frida, Diego and Trotsky 1938

(Thanks, T. Tex Edwards and openculture )

Joni Mitchell, Mama Cass and Mary Travers Sing Together 1969

Robert Schwartz Paintings on View in San Francisco

( Click to enlarge) The Tight Fit 6" x 7" 1993 by Robert Schwartz

A Clay Horse on Wheels 6.5"x8" gouache on paper 1994 by Robert Schwartz

One of my favorite artists, Robert Schwartz (deceased),

 will be part of a show with sculptor David Beck

opening on Friday, July 13, 2012 5-7pm at

Hackett/ Mill

 201 Post Street, Suite 1000, San Francisco, CA

July 13- September 28, 2012

Don't miss seeing these small gouache paintings if you live nearby.

I saw his work a couple years ago at Hackett/Mill and it is amazing.

I'm lucky to own a book of his work: "Dream Games".

Looks like you can still get one through amazon ,but it is expensive.
Here is a link to more work by Robert Schwartz (a show last year at Babcock in NYC).

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